Degree of Implementation of the Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) Quality Improvement Program Associated with Number of Hospitalizations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether degree of implementation of the Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) program is associated with number of hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits of skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents.

Design

Secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.

Setting

SNFs from across the United States (N=264).

Participants

Two hundred of the SNFs from the randomized trial that provided baseline and intervention data on INTERACT use.

Interventions

During a 12-month period, intervention SNFs received remote training and support for INTERACT implementation; control SNFs did not, although most control facilities were using various components of the INTERACT program before and during the trial on their

SUBMITTER: Huckfeldt PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156928 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature